#55A11B#55A11B

#55A11B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.177 H 135.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A11B
RGB	rgb(85, 161, 27)
HSL	hsl(94, 71%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(94, 83%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 0%, 83.2%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.43, -45.16, 56.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.43, 72.16, 128.74°)
OKLab	oklab(63.53% -0.1263 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(63.53% 0.177 135.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.6886, 27.4991, 5.4652)
Luminance	0.2750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A11B #671BA1

analogous

#98A11B #55A11B #1BA124

triadic

#55A11B #1B55A1 #A11B55

tetradic

#55A11B #1B98A1 #671BA1 #A1241B

square

#55A11B #1B98A1 #671BA1 #A1241B

split-complementary

#55A11B #241BA1 #A11B98

monochromatic

#1E3809 #396D12 #55A11B #71D524 #92E254

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#55A11B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#55A11B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #55A11B

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A11B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A11B	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#529B89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a11b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 161, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.177 135.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbd65',
    500: '#55a11b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a11b;
$custom-light: #8cbd65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a11b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 94.03,
    "s": 71.277,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63529,
    "c": 0.17682,
    "h": 135.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A11B

secondary

#9452C5

accent

#3AEEA0

background

#F9FBF6

surface

#F1F7EB

border

#CBD0C6

text

#0D1206

muted

#7E817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A11B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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